While traveling home on a segregaged bus in Montgomery, Alabama, an African American named Rosa Parks is ordered by the bus driver to give up her seat in the ¨nuetral section"to a white passenger. Rosa refuses to give up her seat, so the driver calls the police and she is arressted. When others hear of her defiance in giving up her seat, they gather together and organize a boycott of the buses until segregation has ended.
- a biography of Rosa Park that deals with realities of discrimination
- includes paintings that combine watercolor and collage
- celebrates courageous action
- Awarded Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King Award
Giovanni, N., & Collier, B. (2005). Rosa. NY: Holt.
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